In a statement, however, GM said most Chevy Cruze vehicles sold in the US were manufactured in Ohio. It added that the company produced an international version of the Cruze, the model to which Trump was most likely referring, in Mexico and did sell some of those vehicles in the US.

“GM builds the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback for global markets in Mexico, with a small number sold in the US,” GM said.

Shares of the automaker briefly slipped by about 1% in premarket trading after the tweet.

Since his election, Trump has used Twitter to encourage large companies to keep production and jobs in the US. Indiana said it would provide up to $7 million in tax incentives to the air-conditioner maker Carrier to persuade it to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana that were originally planned to be sent to Mexico.